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- noun organic chemistry Any derivative (equivalent to a
salt orester ) ofpicramic acid
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On boiling an alkaline solution of that salt with glucose, the former is reduced to deep red-brown picramate, the color of the liquid, of course, varying in intensity according to the proportion of sugar present.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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What is in deodornat ... keeps you perspiration free? need information how to produce "sodium picramate" hope any one can help me naseer_sarwar@yahoo. com?
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J. and I have just discovered what the eco-nuts who sell us our henna have not been telling us about the ingredients for some time: The red henna J. prefers isn't actually henna, it's italian senna, which isn't a hair dye at all, just a mild colourant and conditioner, and the deep red colour comes from an un-stated amount of sodium picramate added to the mix - and sodium picramate is a really unstable relative of picric acid, one of the all time unstable dangerous explosives.
Murphy's Law x 2 StyleyGeek 2008
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